Learning to Jump

There's this great stage kids go through when they are learning how to jump. Jumping is really pretty difficult. We take it for granted sometimes the complexity required to push off with both feet while at the same time using all kinds of body muscles to propel oneself completely off the ground. The stage of learning lasts various amounts of time depending on the child, but never long enough for me to tire of the hilarious knee bending and arm raising attempts to lift off. Sometimes they even get one foot off the ground for a milisecond. Their little faces light up as their attempts are praised and they try and try again. What is really amazing is how young children are when they master these kinds of things. Walking, jumping, running, climbing...when they were helpless little blobs only a year or less ago.